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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

196,533

100.0

enrolled in school

59,292

100.0

Native

183,995

93.6

Nursery school, preschool

3,783

6.4

Born in United States

182,285

92.8

Kindergarten

3,549

6.0

State of residence

128,349

65.3

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

25,817

43.5

Different state

53,936

27.4

High school (grades 9-12)

14,428

24.3

Born outside United States

1,710

0.9

College or graduate school

11,715

19.8

Foreign born

12,538

6.4

Entered 1990 to March 2000

6,947

3.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

3,248

1.7

Population 25 years and over

111,156

100.0

Not a citizen

9,290

4.7

Less than 9th grade

4,957

4.5

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

11,665

10.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

30,675

27.6

Total (excluding born at sea)

12,538

100.0

Some college, no degree

33,682

30.3

Europe

1,362

10.9

Associate degree

8,012

7.2

Asia

1,688

13.5

Bachelor's degree

15,775

14.2

Africa

127

1.0

Graduate or professional degree

6,390

5.7

Oceania

118

0.9

Latin America

8,957

71.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

85.0

(X)

Northern America

286

2.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

19.9

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

179,238

100.0

Population 15 years and over

146,299

100.0

English only

156,669

87.4

Never married

36,561

25.0

Language other than English

22,569

12.6

Now married, except separated

86,069

58.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

9,477

5.3

Separated

2,218

1.5

Spanish

16,889

9.4

Widowed

6,986

4.8

Speak English less than '"very well"'

7,918

4.4

Female

5,633

3.9

Other Indo-European languages

3,325

1.9

Divorced

14,465

9.9

Speak English less than '"very well"'

720

0.4

Female

7,844

5.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

2,001

1.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

751

0.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

196,533

100.0

under 18 years

3,799

100.0

Total ancestries reported

206,377

105.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,668

43.9

Arab

381

0.2

Czech¹

412

0.2

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

9,522

4.8

Civilian population 18 years and over

135,019

100.0

Dutch

6,591

3.4

Civilian veterans

18,627

13.8

English

53,050

27.0

French (except Basque)¹

3,886

2.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

874

0.4

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

21,402

10.9

Population 5 to 20 years

53,602

100.0

Greek

650

0.3

With a disability

3,827

7.1

Hungarian

262

0.1

Population 21 to 64 years

103,578

100.0

Irish¹

11,682

5.9

With a disability

18,317

17.7

Italian

6,273

3.2

Percent employed

63.6

(X)

Lithuanian

169

0.1

No disability

85,261

82.3

Norwegian

4,584

2.3

Percent employed

79.8

(X)

Polish

1,481

0.8

Population 65 years and over

19,640

100.0

Portuguese

258

0.1

With a disability

7,407

37.7

Russian

518

0.3

Scotch-Irish

2,290

1.2

Scottish

8,865

4.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

91

0.0

Population 5 years and over

179,238

100.0

Subsaharan African

356

0.2

Same house in 1995

92,701

51.7

Swedish

6,720

3.4

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

82,083

45.8

Swiss

1,995

1.0

Same county

46,736

26.1

Ukrainian

86

0.0

Different county

35,347

19.7

United States or American

12,573

6.4

Same state

17,590

9.8

Welsh

3,818

1.9

Different state

17,757

9.9

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

79

0.0

Elsewhere in 1995

4,454

2.5

Other ancestries

47,509

24.2

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.